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Monash Open Day 1999 was an unqualified success, according to the event's director, Associate Professor Naomi White, who has now received feedback from each of the Victorian campuses.
"Despite some challenging weather, reports indicate that overall attendance rates were up on last year, with around 40,000 people visiting the six campuses," she said.
As director of the Monash Open Day Committee, which has wide representation on each campus, Associate Professor White said she was delighted with the positive response from prospective students and their families, as well as from those who had been involved in staging the event.
"It was very satisfying to see so much energy, commitment and activity on the day," she said.
Highlights included the final of the Monash Legal Challenge presented by the Faculty of Law, which attracted more than 300 visitors to the Robert Blackwood Concert Hall.
The Faculty of Engineering presented a number of highly popular exhibits including 'From Lawrence Hargrave to pilotless planes', a presentation by Dr Greg Holland on the futuristic applications of pilotless planes; a test which showed the strength of chocolate bars; and a demonstration of the roasting of coffee beans in a fluid bed.
The open studios series, presented by the Faculty of Art and Design at Caulfield campus, attracted large numbers of visitors to view demonstrations and exhibits of work by staff and students in a range of disciplines including ceramics, glass blowing, painting and sculpture.
The mock trauma/accident scenario presented throughout the day at Peninsula campus generated strong visitor interest at the School of Nursing, and a series of interactive displays and demonstrations at Berwick illustrating the use of scientific principles drew enthusiastic participation from the audience.
At Gippsland campus, visitors had the opportunity to have their photos taken and then viewed on the web, and at Parkville, the crowd enjoyed live music by Amabile String Quartet and Substance P, a piano and strings quintet comprising students from the Pharmacy College.
"Yet again," said vice-chancellor Professor David Robinson, "Monash Open Day has been a fantastic success and fun too!"
"All those students and staff who worked so hard have made a great contribution to the university."
DVC to return to the westVice-chancellor Professor David Robinson has announced that Professor John Maloney has decided to leave the university and return to Western Australia. As deputy vice-chancellor (International and Public Affairs), one of Professor Maloney's key tasks has been to oversee the development of the Monash Global Plan which will be presented to Monash Council at its November meeting. According to Professor Robinson, Professor Maloney has contributed a great deal in areas of increasing importance to the university. "We have all benefited from John's experience and interest in all aspects of his portfolio, and wish him well in his move back to the west," he said. "Future arrangements for International and Public Affairs will be made known shortly." |
On a recent visit to the Department of Accounting and Finance at Caulfield campus, the governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea, Mr Loi Martin Bakani, met with staff to discuss a range of bank management issues. Pictured at the meeting with Mr Bakani (fourth from left) were, from left, Mr Roger Love (lecturer), Professor Mohamed Ariff (professor of finance), Ms Kathy Avram (senior lecturer), Professor Michael Skully (chair of banking) and Mrs Karen Alpert (lecturer).
Rigg Estate Free Concert SeriesMonash is again presenting the popular Rigg Estate Free Concert Series at the Robert Blackwood Concert Hall from 20 August to 10 September. On 28 August, the New Monash Orchestra, recently returned from a tour of Vietnam and Malaysia, will be back on stage for the Concerto Concert. The concert offers a rare opportunity to hear concertos performed with multiple soloists. Mr Volkmar Fritsche, a critically acclaimed conductor from Germany, will be guest conductor. The final two concerts will also feature a mix of Victoria's finest young musicians - Ms Imogen Manins (cello), Mr Rohan Murray (piano), Mr Derek Jones (flute), Mr Nicholas Bochner (cello) and Mr Robert Chamberlain (piano). For further information about the concerts, contact Mr Stephen Moschner on extn 51233. |
Analysing the Kennett factorThe School of Public Policy at Caulfield campus will be holding a conference next month aimed at analysing changes introduced by the Kennett Government and looking at the future direction of Victoria. Critical policy areas to be discussed will include health, education, environment, local government and planning, justice, law and order, privatisation and industrial relations. Speakers at the conference, which will take place on 4 September, will include contributors to the best-selling book The Kennett Revolution and other leading political and social commentators. For further information, email nel.halloran@arts.monash.edu.au |
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Third-year Art & Design painting student Jodie Steinhardt was last week announced as winner of the 1999 Lucato Peace Prize by National Gallery of Victoria curator of contemporary art Mr Jason Smith.
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prize, open to Fine Art students in the Faculty of Art & Design, is awarded
annually for a work on paper that best demonstrates that 'Peace is always
a better alternative to war'. Presenting the prize, Mr Smith said he believed
Ms Steinhardt's work attended to some of the social and philosophical issues
that preoccupied many people today.
Mr George Lucato and his family have sponsored the Lucato Peace Prize since Mr Lucato was a student at Monash in 1976.
The Lucato Peace Prize exhibition can be viewed at The Faculty Gallery on Caulfield campus until 3 September. Gallery hours are 11 am to 5 pm, Mondays to Fridays.
Winner of the 1999 Lucato Peace Prize Jodie Steinhardt (left) is congratulated by Mr George Lucato (right), the sponsor of the prize; with them is the National Gallery of Victoria's curator of contemporary art, Mr Jason Smith (centre), who announced the award.
Over the last 12 months, university staff across Australia have attended information sessions, met with their financial advisers and held discussions with family and colleagues to help them choose from the investment options offered to them under the Superannuation Scheme for Australian Universities (SSAU).
According to UniSuper Management chief executive officer Mr Ron Champion, as at 30 June 1999 approximately 64 per cent of SSAU members chose to either remain with the Defined Benefit Plan (DBP) or transfer to the Investment Choice Plan (ICP).
"The 36 per cent of members who did not respond will remain with the DBP and as a result their superannuation will continue to be invested in the same way as before the introduction of investment choice," Mr Champion said.
He explained that SSAU offers fundamentally the same superannuation scheme as before, but says it now gives its members the option of choosing an investment strategy that is best suited to their particular needs and circumstances.
Information provided by UniSuper indicates that of the 64 per cent of members who elected either the DBP or the ICP, 51.1 per cent chose to stay with DBP compared with 48.9 per cent who opted to transfer to the ICP.
In the ICP, the breakdown of the four investment strategies is:
Figures for Monash show that 39.7 per cent of members chose the DBP compared with 27.7 per cent of members who chose ICP.
Of Monash staff who opted to join ICP, the breakdown of the investment strategies is:
Further information on SSAU is available at www.unisuper.com.au/ Superannuation inquiries from Monash staff should be directed to Mr Vincent Chang in Personnel Services on extn 56025.
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